Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA, May 7-10, 2009

Stage 4 - May 10: Criterium, 90/60 min

Chris Jones (Team Type 1) reached into his bag of tricks and pulled out a stage
win at the Joe Martin Stage Race criterium finale. Jones won a two-man sprint
against Luis Amaran (Colavita-Sutter Home). The pair narrowly held off the charging
field sprint, which was won by Amaran's team-mate and double stage winner Sebastian
Haedo.

"I'm not known for my sprint but it helped that it was an up hill finish,"
said Jones, who dedicated the win to his mother, Cindy. "It's Mother's Day,
so what better way to win than for your mum. We were trying to win a stage all
weekend so it was nice to finish off the week like this.

"Nine times out of 10 Luis would have beat me in a flat sprint," he added.
"But after we'd worked so hard the hill evened it out a little bit."

Rory Sutherland (OUCH-Maxxis) wrapped up his third consecutive Joe Martin Stage
Race title, the fifth for Sutherland's squad, which was formerly known as HealthNet-Maxxis.
He finished ahead of Bissell duo Ben Jacques-Maynes and Jeremy Vennell.

"This is our first win of the season, so that is big for us and we needed some
momentum," said OUCH-Maxxis directeur sportif Mike Tamayo. "We got the ball
rolling with the team getting better as the races went on. I think this is a
good lead in to the next set of races.

"For Rory to win three times in a row was a goal," added Tamayo. "But at the
end of the day we have as strong team and other options. My hat goes off to
all the other teams because it was a very hard race."

After more than 12,000 feet of climbing over the previous three stages, the
climbing didn't end at the downtown Fayetteville criterium finale. Criteriums
are traditionally flat but this course was held on a two kilometre, technical
circuit that started and finished on a steep uphill section. This criterium
was less about speed and more about attrition.

"The guys, as last year and the year before, rode amazingly," Sutherland said.
"It's a lot easier to lead on the front in the criterium and I think we had
the strength for it today. I think this week showed that we picked up what we've
been missing in the early part of the season. We rode together in away that
took control of the race."

After a series of unsuccessful attacks in the first half of the race, a breakaway
of 10 riders split from the field mid-way in. The danger-men included Jones
and Amaran along with Darren Lill (Team Type 1), Jonathan Cantwell (Fly V Australia),
Jacob Erker (Kelly Benefit Strategies), Frank Pipp (Bissell) and Matt Rice (Jelly
Belly).

"Lill jumped across to the break and we were hoping that he would take the
stage win time bonus to move up on general classification," Jones said. "That
was our game plan. When Luis jumped I happened to be there and I got a free
ride."

Amaran attacked the leaders with eight laps to go and Jones followed. Jones
did not work in the new break, hoping that his general classification leading
team-mate Lill would regain contact. The peloton caught the chase group and
Jones began to work with Amaran for the last two laps. Amaran lead the pair
into the last corner and Jones won the drag race to the finish line.

"We had a successful weekend," said Sebastian Alexandre, Colavita-Sutter Home
directeur sportif regarding his squad's double stage win. "We did not have a
strong time trial and it definitely stands out in races like this. But we were
aggressive and every day we tried to move up in the overall."

Powers captures finale victory and first overall title

Alison Powers (Team Type 1) capped off a successful weekend of bike racing
with a solo victory at the Joe Martin downtown criterium finale. Powers
rode away from the field with five laps to go and trusted her teammates
would take care of the field sprint behind. Her speedy teammate Jen McRae
won the bunch sprint for second place ahead of Ruth Croset (Jazz Apple) in
third.

"I'd say this was a very good day for Team Type 1," said Powers who
showcased the leader's jersey during the final solo laps in front of
sponsor Tony Karklins, managing director of Orbea-USA based in Little
Rock, Arkansas. "This is cool for the team and I'm honored and impressed
with all of them."

Powers captured the overall title with a healthy 19 seconds to spare ahead
of runner up Katheryn Mattis (Webcor-Builder) and 24 seconds ahead of
third placed Katharine Carroll (Team TIBCO). Croset moved into fourth
place in the overall by virtue of a five-second time bonus for her third
place in the stage and time gaps enforced on the steep hill at the finish
line.

Powers, US national champion, is recognized for her all-around ability on a
bike, standing in many leader's jerseys during her short career as a
cyclist. However, few know that she had never won an overall stage race
title before this one.

"It's cool, I've worn leader's jerseys before because of prologue or time
trial victories but I've never actually held onto them until the end of a
stage race," said Powers, delighted to win the 25th annual Joe Martin Stage
Race, a valuable event in the NRC series.

Team TIBCO set a strong tempo at the front of the peloton for the
majority of the women's 60-minute criterium. They neutralized multiple
attacks, reeling in riders in hopes of setting up a field sprint. Carroll is
known for her sprinting and moved into third place in the overall by
capturing time bonuses in stages two and three finishes.

Carroll was a favorite for a field sprint where the 15-second time bonus
offered for the win would bump her ahead of Powers as the overall race
winner. "The team wanted to give me the chance at the overall," Carroll
said. "Some days it just doesn't work out. Other teams were racing
aggressively and that was difficult. Alison countered a series of attacks after a number of the top GC riders had already went. The timing
was right for her."